| 单词 | perforate |
| 释义 | per·fo·rate I. transitive verb 1. a. < perforate a jar top to give a captured butterfly air > < tarpaulins liberally perforated by small V-shaped rents — I.T.Sanderson > < perforate a stamp in making a cut cancellation > < an ulcer perforates the duodenal wall > specifically b. < gopher holes perforate the range > < scenic fjords perforate the coastline > c. < divisions of the eighth nerve … again perforate the dura mater through smaller openings — G.V.Ellis > 2. < tools for perforating thousands of different patterns — Industrial Equipment News > intransitive verb 1. < occasionally an ulcer perforates … just when it seems to be well under control — Frank Forty > 2. Synonyms: < boat stones, resembling canoes and sometimes perforated to be worn as pendants — American Guide Series: New Jersey > < a monogram perforated on each title page > < a set of pins that perforates an entire sheet at one operation — Al Burns > puncture implies the passing of a sharp pointed instrument into or through a tissue, substance, or material, often carrying also the added connotation of deflation < the dark green blind that was punctured here and there, admitting starlike bits of light — Jean Stafford > < today we have holes that puncture the earth's shell as much as three miles — Lamp > < puncture a balloon or a tire > punch is often interchangeable with perforate especially when a mechanical device is used < a bullet an inch and a half in diameter was formerly big enough to punch holes in a tank — G.R.Harrison > < an army captain had invented a system of dot-and-dash symbols which could be punched out on thick paper and read by touch at night — Time > < cement mixer … crashed through a buried septic tank early yesterday afternoon, punching a large crater in the earth — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > < a machine for punching cards for automatic computing machines > prick implies a piercing with a sharp fine point to make a small hole or inflict a superficial wound < prick a finger with a needle > < urged the laggards along by pricking them with the point of his bayonet > < seedlings were pricking through the soil — Anne Dorrance > bore suggests excavation or the use of a rotating cutting tool, as an auger or broach; in figurative use, as distinguished from drill, bore suggests a slow continuous penetrating by force < three tunnels were bored — Tom Marvel > < holes bored in the beach by small reddish crabs — J.G.Frazer > < bore one's way patiently through a dense crowd of spectators > drill commonly implies the use of a pointed or sharp rotating tool for boring holes in hard substances; in figurative use, as distinguished from bore, drill suggests a forced penetration through repetitive persistence < drill a hole through a plank > < drill a sheet of metal in several places > < it is firmly drilled into the minds of ministers by their officials that only in red tape can security be found in war — E.H.Collis > II. 1. 2. a. b. |
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